Chapter 4
This time, Duck was trying to blow the broken noisemaker.
Before he could try a second time, Tech grabbed it and pulled it away. "Please, please, stop."
Wendy grabbed it, zapped it so that it was fine, and gave it to Dakota (whom she was holding), who blew on it and it worked perfectly. "Yay!"
"Ha ha," Duck said, sarcastically.
They'd just finished Robert's birthday.
Ace, Lexi, Nadine, Benny, Duck, Wendy, Jack, Kelly, Ryan, Sarah, and Michael all stuck to the standard CD's again.
Tech had gone with Sophie's knitting streak and she'd made a hat.
Slam, once again, ordered pizza.
Rev and Daniella, as they had warned, postponed their gift.
Lucy looked at Robert. "I think it's time for me to give you your gift." She dragged him off to his room. "Go on. Try to find it. I've hidden it. I'll just go back to my room and wait for your reaction." She left.
[Robert looks at camera and shrugs.] Robert looked around the room, making sure the door was closed. He looked under the bed first. Nothing. He looked at his desk and thought about it… He raced over there and started pawing through the top right drawer. Everything was in its place and nothing was out of the ordinary. He checked the middle right drawer and the bottom right drawer to find them under the exact same conditions. He sighed, about ready to give up, and then decided to check the left side. He opened the top one… "Huh."
(Tiffany Alvord's "Perfect Chemistry" plays in background)
Lucy was sitting on her bed, her legs crossed, as she wrote in a notebook. Then there was a knock on the door and Robert came in, hiding something behind his back. She smiled and gestured for him to come in. He smiled back and sat down next to her on the bed.
When I'm with you
I'm 'bout to explode
'Cause the way I feel is more than my heart can hold
I smile
And giggle 'round you without even knowing
I try to hide it
But my love keeps showing
Robert pulled his arm around to the front to reveal a piece of paper torn out of one Lucy's notebooks. "Is this your gift?" Lucy smiled and nodded.
And I'm trying not to fall
But I have no choice
I'm falling in love
Yes, I'm trying not to fall
But it's just too late
I'm falling in love
Lucy put down the notebook she had been writing in and looked at him. "Well? What do you think?"
'Cause you
Complete my heart for a perfect harmony
And you
Are my blanket of security
And you
Are the music to my melody
And we—yes, you + me—create the perfect
The perfect chemistry
Robert smiled back. "How do I put this? I would say 'I love it' but that could be misconstrued."
Lucy smiled again.
With you
Things are different than before
You make me feel unlike
Any other
Robert glanced over at her notebooks and she quickly pushed them under her pillow. "You know, I didn't realize what a great writer you were until this came up."
Lucy half-smiled. "Really?"
Robert nodded.
"Thanks."
Your eyes
Do more than hypnotize me
They make me feel of your sincerity
Robert got up. "Well, it's almost 8. Time to turn in." He left.
Lucy stared after him. He usually didn't go to bed until after 10.
And I'm trying not to fall
But I have no choice
I'm falling in love
Yes, I'm trying not to fall
But it's just too late
I'm falling in love
Robert closed the door to his room and fell down on his bed. He zapped himself ready to go to sleep, but he really just continued to re-read Lucy's note…
'Cause you
Complete my heart for a perfect harmony
And you
Are my blanket of security
And you
Are the music to my melody
And we—yes, you + me—create the perfect
The perfect chemistry
"I tried to hide it, but I can't wait to say
You make me feel happy in every possible way
And I have
Wanted just one guy to
Show me that they're all the same
I wanted to tell you when I knew it was safe
But I was afraid that I'd be too late
And you are
That one guy
I wanna feel this way forever
For eternity
It's obvious we're meant to be
So come out and say that you love me
And you have
Showed me love is true and
No one understands me
Better than you do
I tried to hide it and not say
But you've come into my life and taken my heart away."
'Cause you
Complete my heart for a perfect harmony
And you
Are my blanket of security
And you
Are the music to my melody
And we—yes, you + me—create the perfect
The perfect chemistry
Apparently, Lucy and Robert had each met their match.
Kelly tossed and turned in bed that night. She was having another frightening dream.
She was trapped in a forest fire. She tried to call out for help but no one was nearby to hear her and rush to the rescue. Suddenly, someone pulled her up and out. She looked to see that her savior was Austin. "What're you doing?"
"Saving your life." Austin pulled her over to a tree, out of the way of the raging flames.
"Well, thanks, but-"
Austin pushed her into the tree and ran.
Kelly tried to get up from the ground, but the tree had fallen onto her. After a few seconds, the fire got closer—
Kelly quickly awoke. She looked at the clock. Just after midnight. She snuck out of bed and out of the room, zapped herself into her normal clothes, and raced down the hall, down the stairs, and into the streets. Once again, it was crowded with only late night city people. She looked down an alley. "I know you're there."
"What?"
Kelly spun around. Austin was standing on the sidewalk. "OK, you kind of freaked me out there…not being in the alley for once is a relief though."
"Let me guess. Another dream vision."
"Once again about you killing me."
"Alright, have you ever had the same dream more than once?"
"Only when it wasn't a vision. But this time was different than the last time. You killed me in a different context."
"Look, something is going on that's making you have nightmares that you think are visions-"
"Aha! You're denying it! You really are trying to kill me!"
"I thought we went over this!"
"Well, I'm getting mixed signals!"
"What?"
"Listen, either you're trying to kill me or not, but the point is-"
"That you don't trust me and you're trying to deny it?"
"That I don't trust you and you don't care."
"Now, I never said that."
"You didn't have to. I got the signal." Kelly left.
Austin groaned. "I'm getting tired of this."
OK, for those of you who haven't gotten the hints about Lucy and Robert, I dedicated this chapter to it...and Kelly and Austin but everyone already knew they were gonna be together. Anyway, keep reading! I hope you like it!